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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [23]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Queenstown, Cork [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Cork, Cork [2]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Dulwich, London [2]

Frome, Somerset [2]

Islington, London [2]

Ivybridge, Devon [2]

Leamington, Warwickshire [2]

Leominster, Herefordshire [2]

Paignton, Devon [2]

Pembroke [2]

Penzance, Cornwall [2]

Rotherhithe, London [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Walworth, London [2]

Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Ashburton Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Athlone, Ireland [1]

Attleborough, Norfolk [1]

Auckland [1]

Aughadown, Cork [1]

Ballymoney, Antrim [1]

Ballynamultina, Clashmore, County Waterford [1]

Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bathwick, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, London, Surrey [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [75]

Able Seaman [74]

Boy 1st Class [45]

Ordinary Seaman [37]

Stoker 2nd Class [22]

Boy 2nd Class [20]

Lieutenant Commander [20]

Leading Seaman [18]

Gunner [17]

Midshipman [17]

Lieutenant [13]

Commander [12]

Leading Stoker [11]

Petty Officer [11]

Captain [10]

Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Private [9]

Chief Petty Officer [7]

Acting Leading Stoker [6]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5]

Musician [5]

Signal Boy [5]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Serjeant [4]

Stoker [4]

Bombardier [3]

Boy I [3]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Corporal [3]

Mechanician [3]

Naval Cadet [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Stoker 1st class [3]

Admiral [2]

Armourer [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Bugler [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Armourer [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engineer Commander [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Unit

HMS New Zealand [233]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [87]

New Zealand Naval Forces - HMS Philomel [17]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND [13]

HMS Ajax [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9]

HMS Impregnable [8]

New Zealand Naval Forces [8]

RNVR London - HMS New Zealand [8]

Royal Marine Artillery [8]

HMS Philomel [7]

HMS Pioneer [6]

HMS Erin [5]

HMS Hindustan [5]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [5]

HMS Vivid II [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS New Zealand [5]

RNVR Clyde - HMS New Zealand [4]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS New Zealand [4]

Royal Navy [4]

HMS Psyche [3]

HMS Royal Sovereign [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

Royal Marines Band [3]

Royal Marines Band - HMS New Zealand [3]

Australian Squadron Naval Force - HMS Pioneer [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Black Prince [2]

HMS Emerald [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS Indus [2]

HMS Leander [2]

HMS Majestic [2]

HMS Mars [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Sandhurst [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

RNVR Wales - HMS New Zealand [2]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS New Zealand [2]

(New Zealand Naval Forces) HMS Philomel [1]

5th (Wellington) Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Collingwood [1]

Columbine [1]

Defiance [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Dolphin [1]

Ganges [1]

Service

Royal Navy [395]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [72]

C [44]

H [27]

S [27]

P [26]

D [25]

G [23]

M [23]

A [16]

R [16]

F [15]

W [14]

E [11]

J [11]

T [11]

K [10]

L [8]

N [7]

O [6]

I [3]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [363]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

New Zealand [19]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [23] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Devonport, Devon [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Edinburgh [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Queenstown, Cork [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bideford, Devon [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Cork, Cork [2] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Dulwich, London [2] Frome, Somerset [2] Islington, London [2] Ivybridge, Devon [2] Leamington, Warwickshire [2] Leominster, Herefordshire [2] Paignton, Devon [2] Pembroke [2] Penzance, Cornwall [2] Rotherhithe, London [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Walworth, London [2] Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Ashburton Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Athlone, Ireland [1] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Auckland [1] Aughadown, Cork [1] Ballymoney, Antrim [1] Ballynamultina, Clashmore, County Waterford [1] Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bathwick, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, London, Surrey [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [75] Able Seaman [74] Boy 1st Class [45] Ordinary Seaman [37] Stoker 2nd Class [22] Boy 2nd Class [20] Lieutenant Commander [20] Leading Seaman [18] Gunner [17] Midshipman [17] Lieutenant [13] Commander [12] Leading Stoker [11] Petty Officer [11] Captain [10] Stoker Petty Officer [10] Private [9] Chief Petty Officer [7] Acting Leading Stoker [6] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5] Musician [5] Signal Boy [5] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Serjeant [4] Stoker [4] Bombardier [3] Boy I [3] Boy Telegraphist [3] Cook's Mate [3] Corporal [3] Mechanician [3] Naval Cadet [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Stoker 1st class [3] Admiral [2] Armourer [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Bugler [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Armourer [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engineer Commander [2] Leading Signalman [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Sergeant [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Unit

HMS New Zealand [233] HMS NEW ZEALAND [87] New Zealand Naval Forces - HMS Philomel [17] Royal Naval Division [16] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND [13] HMS Ajax [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9] HMS Impregnable [8] New Zealand Naval Forces [8] RNVR London - HMS New Zealand [8] Royal Marine Artillery [8] HMS Philomel [7] HMS Pioneer [6] HMS Erin [5] HMS Hindustan [5] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [5] HMS Vivid II [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS New Zealand [5] RNVR Clyde - HMS New Zealand [4] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS New Zealand [4] Royal Navy [4] HMS Psyche [3] HMS Royal Sovereign [3] HMS Vivid [3] Royal Marines Band [3] Royal Marines Band - HMS New Zealand [3] Australian Squadron Naval Force - HMS Pioneer [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Black Prince [2] HMS Emerald [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS Indus [2] HMS Leander [2] HMS Majestic [2] HMS Mars [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Sandhurst [2] HMS Vernon [2] RNVR Wales - HMS New Zealand [2] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS New Zealand [2] (New Zealand Naval Forces) HMS Philomel [1] 5th (Wellington) Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Collingwood [1] Columbine [1] Defiance [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Dolphin [1] Ganges [1]

Service

Royal Navy [395] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [72] C [44] H [27] S [27] P [26] D [25] G [23] M [23] A [16] R [16] F [15] W [14] E [11] J [11] T [11] K [10] L [8] N [7] O [6] I [3] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [363]

Country

United Kingdom [40] New Zealand [19]

Thomas Henry Bird

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS116305 Stoker 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton

Born 1883

Royal Navy Rear-Admiral

Royal Navy Commander HMS New Zealand

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Alfred Holmes

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS116308 Stoker 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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Leonard Henry Gulliford

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy K18802 Stoker 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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Albert Lawrence Poland

Born 1895

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS New Zealand

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William John Cater

Born 1877

Died 1956

Royal Navy Commissioned Engineer

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS New Zealand

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John Mccarthy

Born 1874

Died 1918

Royal Navy 276150 Stoker 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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Sydney Charles Legg

Born 1867

Died 1949

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Chief Boatswain HMS New Zealand

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Robert Isitt

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy Commissioned Shipwright

Royal Navy Chief Carpenter HMS New Zealand

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Erwin George Horrell

Born 1885

Died 1944

Royal Navy 220793 Able Seaman HMS Victorious

Royal Navy 220793 Leading Seaman HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy 220793 Petty Officer HMS Pegasus

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John Frederick Ernest Green

Born 1866

Died 1948

Royal Navy Captain HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Evelyn John Ball

Born 1890

Royal Navy J683 Able Seaman HMS New Zealand

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William James Coggins

Born 1882

Royal Navy 201713 Leading Seaman HMS New Zealand

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William Fraser Dalgarno

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS113851 Stoker 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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George Evans

Born 1888

Royal Navy 230853 Able Seaman HMS New Zealand

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William Pugh

Born 1884

Royal Navy 215261 Able Seaman HMS NEW ZEALAND

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Ernest Stephens

Born 1893

Royal Navy K19466 Stoker 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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Herbert Troutbeck Goodwill

Born 1899

Royal Navy J35482 Boy 1st Class HMS NEW ZEALAND

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John Atkinson

Born 1896

Royal Navy J37235 Ordinary Seaman HMS NEW ZEALAND

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Richard Charles Hogg

Born 1899

Royal Navy J38416 Boy 1st Class HMS NEW ZEALAND

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